archiveAugust 2019

The convener of RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, has filed an application to the Federal High Court in Abuja requesting it to set aside its order permitting the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain him for 45 days. Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Alliance (AAC) in the...

Governor Nyesom Wike has said that Bobrisky, a notorious criminal in Rivers State has been captured less than 24 hours after he was declared wanted with N30 million bounty placed on him. Wike made the disclosure while speaking during a security meeting with leaders of Rumuolumeni community in Government House...

  Ecobank Nigeria Limited, one of the foremost banks in Nigeria, has instituted debt recovery actions against Rahamaniyya, oil and gas company in Nigeria, to recover a debt in the sum of N25. 9 billion which were availed Rahamaniyya for the purpose of financing the importation and local purchase of...

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has supported the agitation for the autonomy of Local Governments in Nigeria, saying he would ensure that the grassroots “feel the impact of the government.” The governor, according to a statement on Friday expressed the view while flagging off the first set of vehicles...

The Chief Operating Officer, Ikeja Electric (IE) Plc, Mrs Folake Soetan, has said the company had fully commenced the rollout of meters under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme to all unmetered customers across its network. Soetan disclosed this on Friday in Lagos at the Customers Engagement Forum to sensitise...

The Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) on Friday received a boost of 280.04 million dollars from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The bank’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr Isaac Okorafor, made this known in a statement in Abuja. Okorafor said CBN also injected CNY 28.3 million in the...

  Head of Nigeria National Office, West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), Mr Ola Adenipekun, has emerged as president of the Association of Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) for a period of one year. The appointment was announced in Abuja on Friday at the closing of the 37th Conference of the...

  Ahead of Sallah celebration, crucial market indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday declined further by 0.43 per cent due to profit taking. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation, which opened at N13.364 trillion shed N57 billion or 0.43 per cent to...

  Says my record is clear, stop attacks on my ‘well-earned reputation’   Former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, has denied claims that he is involved in an alleged N9.9 billion fraud levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to him, none of his...

The Defence Headquarters has constituted a seven-man joint investigation panel to unravel the circumstances that led to the killing of three police personnel and a civilian by troops of Nigerian Army in Taraba. The Acting Director of Defence Information, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in...